Publications by authors named "F van Tiel"

Background: The importance of defining and establishing professional standards for Clinical Microbiology (CM) in Europe has long been highlighted, starting with the development of a European curriculum. The first European Curriculum in Medical Microbiology (MM) was adopted by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) council in 2017.

Objectives: This paper assesses how training programmes in CM in Europe align with the European curriculum, just under 5 years after its introduction, and reviews what methods of assessment are in use to assess the CM trainees' progress during training programmes.

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Background: Low skeletal muscle radiation attenuation (SM-RA) is indicative of myosteatosis and diminished muscle function. It is predictive of poor outcome following oncological surgery in several cancer types. Postoperative pneumonia is a known risk factor for increased postoperative mortality.

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Article Synopsis
  • Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can spread quickly in hospitals, leading to the implementation of a screening program for vanA and vanB genes via rectal swabs.
  • In November 2016, a rare VRE isolate lacking vanA/B but carrying vanD was discovered, suggesting possible undetected VRE transmission in the hospital.
  • A study screening 360 patients revealed a high prevalence of vanD in non-VRE enterococci, indicating that the inclusion of vanD PCR in routine VRE screening is not feasible, but it does set the groundwork for future checks for vanC and vanD in VRE isolates.
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Objective: To achieve an optimal effect in patients with sepsis at the emergency department (ED), the gentamicin peak-concentration should be sufficiently high (i.e. peak-concentration/MIC ≥8-10).

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Background: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia is associated with a high mortality rate. Previously it has been shown that consultation by an internist-infectious diseases specialist (IDS) improves the outcome of patients. In this study, we evaluated the differences in management and outcome between patients with, and those without IDS consultation.

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